Microbial biobanks: promoting innovations for scientific research and technological development (MicroBioBank)

• Grant number: 21/12590-3
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Start date: September 01, 2023
• End date: August 31, 2028
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Microbiology - Applied Microbiology
• Principal Investigator: Lara Durães Sette
• Grantee: Lara Durães Sette
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: Daniela Barretto Barbosa Trivella
• Associated researchers: André Rodrigues ; Beatriz Thie Iamanaka ; Daiane Cristina Sass ; Dora Ann Lange Canhos ; Henrique Ferreira ; Inmaculada Vaca ; Josué José da Silva ; Marta Hiromi Taniwaki ; Milene Ferro ; Patrícia Giovanella ; Renato Antonio Chavez Rosales ; Renato De Giovanni ; Sidnei de Souza ; Vanderlei Perez Canhos ; Vivian Helena Pellizari
• Associated scholarship(s): 25/01205-2 - Structuring the extract library for R&D: CRM-UNESP biobank collections Classificação, BP.TT; 24/21547-2 - Support in the development, maintenance and use of the microSICol software for biobanks, sharing data with the speciesLink network, BP.TT; 24/10530-1 - Chemoprospecting of secondary metabolites applied to the diversity of Aspergillus and Penicillium isolated from different Brazilian biomes, BP.PD; + associated scholarships 24/22909-5 - New compounds with anti-cancer activity from microorganisms from MicroBioBank: cell panel screnn, mechanism of action and biosynthetic production, BP.DD; 25/01206-9 - CRM-UNESP biobank: Reactivation, quality control, and documentation of fungi from marine and/or Antarctic origin, BP.TT; 24/07190-4 - Bioprospecting and identification of new antibacterial molecules obtained from microorganisms in the MicroBioBank collection, BP.DD; 24/15624-4 - Study and development of new interfaces and tools to integrate, process and publish in the speciesLink network microorganisms occurrence data identified by DNA analysis., BP.TT; 24/13093-1 - Study and characterization of antibacterial activities and mechanisms of action of compounds produced by microorganisms from MicroBioBank, BP.DD; 24/10194-1 - Structuring the extract library for R&D: CRM-UNESP biobank collections, BP.TT; 24/03243-6 - Structuring the extract library for R&D: CFA/ITAL e LECOM-IO/USP biobank collections, BP.TT; 23/18090-8 - Structuring the extract library for R&D: CRM-UNESP biobank collections, BP.TT; 23/14242-8 - CRM-UNESP biobank: Reactivation, quality control, and documentation of fungi from marine and/or Antarctic origin, BP.TT - associated scholarships

Abstract

Microbial biobanks are relevant infrastructures for research and technological development. The exploration of microbiological material contained in biobanks with collections from different biomes, unusual and/or extreme environments, can enhance the discovery of new biomolecules and move the bioeconomy in different socioeconomic sectors. Considering the current demands and advances related to the availability and quality of biological material and associated data (BMaD), researchers from the biobanks CRM-UNESP, CFA/ITAL and LECOM-IO/USP located at São Paulo state combined their expertise and, together with researchers working in the areas of biotechnology, taxonomy/diversity, bioinformatics, and information technology, built the MicroBioBank project proposal. The project is divided into three main strands (Quality and Preservation, Research with the microbiological material, and R&D in informatics), whose activities are aligned with the following United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to be achieved by 2030: Advances in Disease Treatment and Improved Food Production. Conducting the project will allow the establishment of a network of researchers with an interactive and complementary workflow that is conducive to the discovery of new biomolecules with application in the areas of health and agribusiness. The results will also make it possible to advance in the improvement of the safeguard and quality of microbiological material (microorganisms, omics, and associated information), as well as in the public availability of data. The advances related to the BMaD organization and informatization can be used by other microbial biobanks maintained in research institutions in the state of São Paulo and Brazil. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FERRAREZI, JULIANO H.; MARIN, VITOR R.; VIEIRA, GABRIELLE; FERREIRA, HENRIQUE; SETTE, LARA D.; SASS, DAIANE C.. Bisdechlorogeodin from antarctic Pseudogymnoascus sp. LAMAI 2784 for citrus canker control. Journal of Applied Microbiology, v. 135, n. 4, p. 10-pg., 2024-04-25. (18/11747-3, 21/12590-3)

DOS SANTOS, AUGUSTO LEONARDO; FERREIRA, MARCELO JOSE PENA; SARTORELLI, PATRICIA; DA SILVA, JOSUE JOSE; IAMANAKA, BEATRIZ THIE; FRISVAD, JENS CHRISTIAN; TANIWAKI, MARTA HIROMI. Insights into PUFA and oxylipin production from incubation of Aspergillus novoparasiticus in sugarcane juice. Food Chemistry, v. 473, p. 10-pg., 2025-02-01. (17/50349-0, 22/09202-4, 21/00956-3, 16/24985-4, 21/12590-3, 20/16554-9)